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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JOTTINGS: EXILE, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poet's Biography
First Line: You cannot exile me
Last Line: How then can you exile me?
Subject(s): Exiles
First Line: You cannot exile me
Last Line: How then can you exile me?
Subject(s): Exiles
You cannot exile me:
Wherever you send me, my dear old self goes along,
Carrying on his back the bag in which all the ages since creation have thrown their winnings,
So that he staggers under riches ...
How then can you exile me?
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